The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence
- Owen Gaffney ,
- Amy Luers ,
- Franklin Carrero-Martinez ,
- Berna Oztekin-Gunaydin ,
- F. Creutzig ,
- Virginia Dignum ,
- Victor Galaz ,
- N. Ishii ,
- F. Larosa ,
- Maria Leptin ,
- Ken Takahashi Guevara
Nature Sustainability | , Vol 8: pp. 467-469
At a time when the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions precipitously, artificial intelligence (AI) brings large opportunities and large risks. To address its uncertain environmental impact, we propose the ‘Earth alignment’ principle to guide AI development and deployment towards planetary stability.